"The folks at 3DPowerTools Inc. have come up with is an incredibly practical
slew of creation, editing and visualization functions that AutoCAD has never
provided out of the box and which 3D modelers have been waiting on for years.
I say... years. More than 50% of my daily work, since Release 10 appeared on
the market, has been comprised of modeling and editing surfaces in 3D, and
my reaction after working with this package for the first 2 hours was
'I can't believe it. It's finally happened.'"
-- Dave Espinosa-Aguilar
AUGI Board of Directors

In the middle of any
3DPowerTools or AutoCAD command, use 3DXOrbit to change your viewpoint so that
you can more clearly visualize the effect of your edits.

Click
on the images below to see an animated demo.

Torus/Orbit
(64.7KB)

Taper/Orbit
(45.8KB)

Extrude/Orbit
(56.6KB)

Interactive Shaded Dragging

All 3DPowerTools commands
provide immediate feedback by showing you the results of the command as
it proceeds. This feedback occurs in the current shading mode. For instance,
if your viewport is Gouraud-shaded, 3DCylinder displays a smooth-shaded
cylinder being lifted off the UCS while you drag your mouse.

3DPowerTools takes
advantage of the capabilities of AutoCAD and the underlying video hardware
to redraw only the changed portion of the scene. This greatly facilitates
working with large assemblies.

Powerful Solid and Surface Editor

Our innovative, UCS-free
solid and surface editor allows you to model intuitively and organically.
Move, scale, and rotate vertices, edges, and faces in all three dimensions without
worrying about setting the UCS.

Click
on the images below to see an animated demo.

Solid Edit
(43.7KB)

Surface Edit
(59.8KB)

Intuitive Object Manipulation

The 3DModify suite of commands enables you to manipulate objects by clicking and dragging.
This command combines move, scale, and rotate into one 3d-aware, mouse-driven
command. Use the context menu (via a right click) to switch between subfunctions
(such as 3DRotate, 3DMove, and 3DScale).

Axis-constrained translations
and rotations allow you to position your objects precisely. Tab and shift-tab
cycle through angular snap points. Interactive dimensions display
the angle rotated or the distance translated.

Click
on the images below to see an animated demo.

Move
(48.2KB)

Rotate
(46.1KB)

Rotate
(43.9KB)

Edit in Perspective Projections

AutoCAD does not allow
point entry in perspective. 3DPowerTools overcomes this limitation --
all 3DPowerTools commands work in perspective projection, allowing you
to visualize your model in a more realistic fashion.

Reviews:

CADALYST Magazine (January 2000):
"3DPowerTools speeds up the design process by providing vertex-editing and
quick face-editing tools. It also adds excellent new orbit tools such as
Center Orbit, which is absent in AutoCAD 2000 ...."
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"My reaction after experimenting with it for 15 minutes -- WOW!"
-- our first paying customer

"Holy Mackerel is this thing going to be hot once it's released!!
We (News Group Junkies) have been screaming for this functionality in MDT4."
-- Quinn Zander

"Wow, this is really slick!

Take a good, close look at 3DPowerTools: it's got some very slick features,
like being able to dynamically constrain movement of 3D objects along the
X, Y, or Z direction, and it also works similarly to MAX in drawing objects
dynamically.

I'm definitely going to incorporate this into my 3D usage!"
-- Robert Grandmaison

"The tools are easy to use and should be appreciated by both novice and hard-core ACAD users!"
-- Nino Caldarola

"Great job you guys. Here are 2 dwgs that I had my plant manager do.
He has never tried to work with 3D before; he thought it was too complicated.
I had him try 3DPowerTools and in a couple of days he created these 2 dwgs
and now loves 3D."
-- Buzz Harris

"I have been working with AutoCAD for 14 years waiting for true 3D
capability for my clients. Finally, I have it."
-- Richard Weiss, AIA, Architect, 33 Inverness Way, Inverness, CA

"I think 3DPowerTools is a great tool for the average designer."
-- John Rankin